[Mr Benn.]

Forgive & Forget

Please stay with me, and please believe me; I know I am a mess,
It’s just every time my heart gets broken, I want it fixed a little less.
And please forgive me but you must understand me, I’ve been naive before.
And every time it falls apart and I loose more and more of my core.

I love your warmth and your kindness. I love your eyes and your smile,
But it worries me that I might be thinking of how hers were all the while.



‘Cause I believed the dream: that, despite how it seemed, we were meant to be.
I believed in fate and learned all too late, that loves just what you can see.
So the memories didn’t leave when the air did breathe quite as quickly as you,
Still they linger; that trace of your finger on my arm still does continue.

You took your sweet time, to see you were fine enough to be with someone else
And isn’t it funny, you know, honey, that’s what I said before all of this mess.
So, girl, forget me, I’m sure you regret me; maybe we weren’t too smart,
But all too soon did you leave me wounded when you had a change of heart.

This victory’s hollow, but it’s something to swallow; I was right - I loved you more.
It’s a small consolation in my bland desolation but it’s helping me through the door.


This is my first time actually sharing anything I've written, this song is sort of in two parts, the first part talking to someone you are falling for and the second to someone you're still not quite over. I think the pattern of the second section was heavily influenced by the song "Sawdust & Diamonds" by Joanna Newsom althoigh I didn't mean it to be.

In case you can't tell I've had a rather bad break up recently, sorry for the depression but this is a Damien Rice forum after all..